Today the Department of Interior announced it would overturn Public Land Orders 5150 and 5180, ending more than half a century of public land protection in Northeast Alaska. The action could lead to the transfer of 2.1 million acres of federal public lands in Alaska, including those targeted for the harmful proposed Ambler industrial […]
Action Supports Trump administration commitment to honor Native agreements and expand Alaska resource development ANCHORAGE — The Department of the Interior Wednesday announced the conveyance of nearly 28,000 acres of land to NANA Regional Corporation, Inc., under Section 12(c) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, or ANCSA, bringing the total conveyed to NANA […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Nick Begich (R-AK) introduced H.R. 2815, the Cape Fox Land Entitlement Finalization Act of 2025, legislation that would resolve long-standing issues under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) and support critical infrastructure and economic development in Southeast Alaska. The bill authorizes the conveyance of approximately 180.3 acres of federal land […]
(Anchorage, AK) – The State of Alaska is challenging the 2020 Interior Board of Land Appeals (IBLA) decision that found land in dispute at the northwestern boundary of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) belongs to the federal government and not the State of Alaska. In 2016, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) denied the State’s […]